New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1917, Page 8

IR w Britain Herald. i HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. » Proprietors. od dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., &t Herald Bullding, 67 Church St. itered at the Post Office at New Britain | s Second Class Mall Matter. livered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month. ibscriptions for paper to be sent by mail, j. Pavable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year. d fhe only profitable advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press f room aiways open to advertisers. Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Office . 5 lember of The Associated Press.' The Associated Press is exclu- stvely entitled to the use for re- Ppublication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news Ppublished herein. i | Hall, she is coming! Behold then her banners! ‘Who shall retard her trium- i phant advance? | Greet her with cymbals, with shouts and hosannahs; Mingle her stars with the lilies of France; 3 ear ye those drumbeats, insist- e ent, compelling? Treading the path that their forefathers trod, Count ye her armies, with ranks ever swelling, Instruments all of the justice of God. —BEATRICE BARRY. | be with the Second Liberty Loan. By | paying a small amount every week, or every month, or even every quar- ter, any man can ‘secure a Liberty Bond without much trouble or the expenditure of a lavish sum of money. In this way there is culti- vated the habit of saving. And, at | the end of the protracted perlod al- | loted by the banks, there is the Liberty Bond waiting, standing in all its majesty as the reward,for this endeavor. In contrast never saved those who always These are the who year after year put so much of savings have have to those who are saved. their earnings away, in the especial appeal. Especlally does he ask that brand of savers who hoard their in stockings and other out of the way places to come to the counter and purchase. ‘This is the money money that should be put to work.’ Hidden away in the recesses of the house it is not even absolutely safe. It may be burned, in the event of fire, or it may be stolen in case some thief learns of its location. A Liberty Bond beatd all other securities in that it is safe so long as the Govern- ment is safe. With all the money that is being made by the workers of today there should be no difficulty for guy man to purchase a Liberty Bond® Men working in the factories of New Brit- aln are getting higher wages than they ever received before; perhaps higher than they will ever get again. All this money is not needed for the sole purpose of Some of it can be saved, and we know. of no bet- ter way of saving than by this in- vestment, a Liberty Bond. living. LOWER COAL PRICES? Those bombastic souls who accuse the coal dealers of New Britain of conspiracy, who claim that the re- NATIONAL UNITY. | There was organized in Washington a League for National Unity which President Wilson gave his tiest endorsement. In the folds 2 this league will be found the big- jest men of the nation, men of the hurch, men of the state, men Who |ave devoted their lives to the poli- ical, industrial, agricultural and labor irenas. The purpose of the league z to create a medium through whi¢h 1 classes, sectlons, creeds, and jarties can give expression to the ndamental purpose of the United ates to carry on to successful eon- usion the war in which we are now gaged. The preservation of demo- ratic institutions is a fundamental jart of the league's plans, as it hopes vindicate the basic principles of umanity. There has been need for juich a soclety, or league. The time as come when Americans must stand l: houlder to shoulder, no matter from vhat origin they came. National Inity is the need to the moment. Al- hough most of the people in this .understand the prime purposes ‘this war there are many whose have not as yet been opened. To must be taught the lessons of looracy, and the antagonistic ciples of Autocracy. Those are folk who must learn, sooner or r, that America is in this war to e the world safe for Democracy that therq can be no ending of struggle until Germany's auto- Taoy 1s beaten. " TO SAVE MONEY. [ Wo begin with, buylng a Liverty 4 is a patriotic duty. ery man woman in the country who can to do so should purchase one these bonds, no matter how small denomination. By the money s expended each person who buys bond helps to push the war to its cessful conclusion, a victory for erican arms, and a world made e for democracy. Then again, the purchase of a Lib- ty Bond presents the greatest pres- pnt opportunity for saving. Not only he greatest but the surest and safest; lor money put in Liberty Bonds sound as the nation itself. The bpportunity for saving is here. It pehooves any man who counts at all pn the future to visit a bank some- lime in the days ahead and learn of he workings of this latest issue of bonds. Money that otherwise might be ippent foolishly can well be directed oward the Liberty Loan of 1917, the kecond issue of which is now being is bifered to the American public. Therc | are those who have toiled and worked hard all their lives and who thing but their weekly stipends upon hich to depend. Some of thess by lcutting down expenses here and there, y making little sacrifices in the musement realm, by adhering to the inciple of postponing of the first Liberty Bonds. Inevit- ably these people have said upon get- | ting. their bonds, “Well, if it were not for the war I would never have have | enjoyment, | have succeeded in getting hold of one | tailers here have fixed uniform prices for the precious commodity, who aver that the dealers meet among them- selves and set a flat rate, one that must prevail throughout the city, those folk are wrong. The dealers do no such thing. The mavor having completed an investigation into the prices here finds that they vary with the dealers. The Mayor has learned that where one dcaler sells either nut, stove, or egg coal for $10.50 cash another will deliver the same :brand for $10 cash. So we have that part of the situation cleared. There is no uniform price for coal in New ern. 2 Néw rules promulgded yesterday by the United States Fuel adminis- trator will have a tendency to bring the price of coal even down further. Since the reduced coal prices were put into ‘effect at the mines, many complaints have been flled against the: jobbers. It is pointed out that these men are now buying their coal at the new prices and selling to the dealers at the old prices, to fulfill contracts, In this way they reap not only the commission allowed by the government, but make handsome profits in the bargain. These loop- holes having been discovered the gov- ernment has now renewed its enegery to put a stop to violations of the letter and the spirit of the law. Under the orders issued yesterday a jobber who secures coal at the reduced prices may not, even should he hold & contract to 'sell it at the old ex- horbitant prices, recelve -any more than the government allows in the way of stated commissions. In all, the out-look for the coal situation is beginning to brighten. The United Stdtes Gavernment is ‘hot on the trail of profiteers and before the really cold weather setgIn may have brought them to hay. - High prices prevailing today in this and other cities are due in part to the cut-throat methods of the jobbers, men who in some cases own the very mines from which they buy, and thus = receive a double commission,—that of the sel- ler and that of the buyer. Coal dealers, retail merchants, who were forced to pay seven dollars a ton for coal at the mine at one time last Summer were, in a measure, forced to ask abnorally high prices for thelr goods, With the new coal prices, however, there can be an evening up, a striking of a general average. this way no loss of profits need be suffered even if the Government brings the coal prices down to a sub- stantially lower level, which it will probably In do. FACTS D FANCIES. And this terriby peaceful Wiscon- sin pacifist is the fellow they used to call “Battling Bob”.—Hartford Times. The presence of both Sousa's band | and T. R. in Kansas City thls week may look like a piece of gance.—Kansas City Journal. extrava- Every productive industry is on the battle line today, and every man who quits it without good cause is a mil- itary deserter.—Chicago Herald. As it was- with the First so it shall [ can be made the subject of business | being the best. 1f the world consents | to hargain about Belgium it admits that crime folk banks or in private vaults. To these | the Secretary of the Treasury makes'j negotiations, and that crimé,\may be | profitable.—Bridgeport Standard. What help will it be to us to have coal at all? The trouble last season was extreme in this respect. The government will need to get sternly busy if we are not to sce the difficul- ty worse during the coming winter. —New London Day. One cannot accuse Murphy of lack- ing a sense of humor. Speaking of the speeches made hy Hughes, Roose= ; velt and others in favor of Mitchel, he | said he saw by the papers that certain lout af town ecitizens had nominated mayor for New York. Charlie hint- self regards Good Ground as an et tension of 14th street.—IExchange. The torpedoing of the British &rul- ser Drake instead of some passenger ship may have been a mistake, but it is more probable that some U-boat commander has a memory still un- faded by ruthlessness to the legitimate uses of the submarine—New York World. A Prayer. Somewhere across the infested sea, Serving the cause of liberty, Dear Lord, is my brave son. I know not how he fares tonight, But keep him ever in Thy sight, For I have but the one! Thou gavest two to bless my life, But one fell early in the strife— My first-begotten son! He with his comrades marched away, And then a message came one day Dear Lord, I have but one! Then, while so sorrowed and bereft, Though only he to me was left, I could not say him nay, Who urged that duty bade him go— His country called, he said, and so How could I bid him stay? But, O dear Lord, 'tis hard to bear, ‘With not another child to share The hearth when day is done! I can but kneel to Thee and pray; Be with him through the hellish fray And keep Thou safe my son! I know the cause is good and true— I know that suffering must ensue Before the fight is won. | Yet bear with me, O Lord, this night; Be Thou my solace in my plight And guard my only son! —Reuben Goldsmith in N. Y. Times. Thirty Years of Service. (Bristol Press) In Plainville the other night the Rev. Henry T. Walsh, beloved pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, declined a re-election as acting-visi- tor on the school board the reason be- ing 111 health which does not permit of his giving the duties the attention he thinks they deserve. This decision {s regretted by every- body in Plainville and the necessity lower’ coal prices if we can’t get any | GEORGE SCHEELER. George Scheeler enlisted in the Na- val Reserve May 15, 1917, as a sec- ond class seaman, shortly after being called into service. At present he is stationed at one of the training sta- tions somewhere along the Atlantic, Scheeler's parents are both dead, the nearest of kin being his aunt, Mrs. Louis Manz, with whom he lived at her home on Spring street. He received his education at the schools in Berlin and at the Smalley school in this city. At the time he was called into service he was employed in the office of the P. & F. Corbin factory. fant mortality rate which, so far as the statisticians can determine, is 124 per thousand, our record ls just a lit- tle better than Serbia’s. Nations that surpass us are Scotland, Finland, England, Denmark, Ireland, Franca and the Scandinavian countries. The nation that makes the best showing is tar-away New Zealand, a new and growing country like our own, which loses every year only 51 per thousand of her infants. The most negligent country is Chile, which loses almost exactly. one-third of her babies. In all these melancholy statistics there is only one grain of consolation for the United States—our record is much better than that of the nation with which we are now at war. The strangest paradox presented by Ger- many is her excessively high infant mortality rate; this is 192 per thou- sand for the German Empire and 146 for Prussia. Here we have a na- tion which boasts that she has no slums and that her sanitary and gen- eral living conditions surpass those ot any other people. Yet an indispen- for it calls out sympathy and words of genuine good will and appreciation. It is a misfortune to the community to be deprived of the services of a gentleman of the ability, thorough- ness and interest in education of the Rev. Father Walsh, and it is a great- er misfortune that his activities should be hampered by ill-health. Father Walsh has for thirty vears faithfully and admirably served Plainville on the board of school visi- tors, most if not all of the time, being acting visitor, He has taken a keen and progressive interest in the schools and his given a service that has made them equal to those of any town in the State of similar population and re- sources. Plainville has had good schools because it has good men to direct their destinies, and in this class Father Walsh is conspicuous for ser- vice to his Town and State. Knowing the. gentleman and his work well we take pleasure in recording our appre- ciation and in expressing the hope that his health and .activity may be fully restored. Our Waste of Babies. (Burton J. Hendrick in Magazine). Nearly two and a half milllon ba- bies are born in the United States every year, of whom three hundred thousand dle before they reach their first birthday. Apparently, that lIs, one out of ‘every eight bables that first see light on American soll is sacrificed to, the unfavorable circum- stances surrounding its birth. Ap- parently, ‘too, our first year of exist- ence is the most dangerous in the whole human cycle. A man seventy years old stgnds a much greater chance of reaching seventy-one than a baby born today has to reach his first anniversary. Enough bables die in this country in ten years to popu- 1ate & city as large as Chicago, a state as large as New Jérséy, or to make up nearly the total population of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Ne- vada. The United States, which is notoriously wasteful of all the natural gifts with which nature has favored her, apparently feels that there 18 no need to economize in so potential a source of national wealth as its ba- bies. Their destruction takes its nat- ural place alongside the destruction of our forests, our birds, our animals and our coal; these annual human sacrifices are merely another indica- tion of a deplorable national habit. This is a serious charge to make against any natlon, both from the viewpoint of humanity and efficiency. Previous generations have regarded infant mortality from a fatalistic point of view, as something which cannot be helped and which it 1s therefore useless to struggle against. But mod- ern science knows better. “Infant mortality,” says Sir Arthur New- sholme, s the most sensitive index s of social welfare and of sanita administration, especially un- der urban conditions.”” How, judged | by “this test, does the United States stand among the nations of the world? We are not the worst coun- | try. though we are a long way from With a national in- Harper's 1) sable accompaniment of kultur is evi- dently widespread mortality among babies. The Voice in the Fog. (New York Tribune) A new marvel now greets those who navigate Block Island Sound. In thick weather Point Judith Light is to cry a warning of its shoals by radio-tele- phone. Every five seconds the call will go out across eight miles of wa- ter, “Point Judith Light!” To every third call will be appended this warn- ing, with a two-mile radius: “You are getting closer; kecp off.”” Any vessel with an ordinary radio receiver can pick up the hail. Even with the present handicaps, which are due, perhaps, to ignorance, the wireless voice in the fog has cer- tain obvious advantages. TFog plavs strange tricks with sound waves, muffling or distorting them in whim- sical fashion. A single flash of a timed light that loses itself in a writhing column of mist may lead a mariner more perilously astray than ever did misplaced signboard an island way- farer. And if atinospheric difficulties are overcome every danger spot along the coast could call through the night, the fog or the murk of snowy gaie tid- ings that would apprise unwitting or unwary skippers precisely of their peril. Lights might be obscured or disguised; the dismal bell or whistle might be ice-choked or struck dumb by an adverse wind but the voice would speak with honest tongue— “You are getting closer; keep off!” Talking of 1920. (Springfield Republican) The recent publication in two news- papers of statements to the effect that Secretary of War Baker and Secre- tary of the Treasury McAdoo are en- gaged in friendly rivalry for the sup- port of the Wilson administration in the next Democratic national conven- tlon has led Mr. Baker to announce that he has “no present or prospective interest in the presidential candidacy for 1920.” The head of the War De- partment was brought to make this declaration—as the Washington cor- respondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer puts it—‘because of a desire that so far as he is concerned there should be no idea that he was making use of his position as a member of the Wilson cabipet to promote his politi- cal fortunes.” Current talk about the possibilities of 1920 is based upon the belief of Democratic leaders that President Wilson will not permit the consideration of his name for a third term. The less said at this time about the next presidential contest the bet- ter for any aspirants and all the rest of us. The minds of the people just now are sternly fixed upon winning the war, and personal ambitions must wait until the war clouds roll by. Prussia and German (New York Herald) Praising Hindenburg dendorff thrills over the herland.” It shouid read “Prussianiged German’ Fatherland. i the O. | LISTEN TO THE O. I ‘When He Speaks He Knows Whereof He Talks, And Its Going to Be a Cold. Cold Winter. (Minneapolis Journal.) Minneapolis is in for a cold win- ter, with an extra early start, if the birds are to be belleved, accord- ing to the oldest inhabitant, who has made a study of the habits of the feathered guests and other out- door animals for’ many moons. “The crow blackbirds generally go south about the middle of October before a mild or open winter,” said I, “but this yvear they al- ready have tarted, and the main flight has left Minneapolis far in the rear. This, I believe, is positive in- dication that cold weather is almost on us. “Then there are the robins--they have been congregating in large flocks for about three weeks, and the advance guard has departed for the south. This means the cold is within their sight and that they are running no chances of being over- taken by the chill winds that drift down from the Medicine Hat coun- SMOKES FOR WOMEN. —_— ‘War Having Encouraged Smoking Among Gentle Sek, Especially Nurses In Danger Zone, Day Is Seen When Practice Becomes Gen- eral. (Waterbury American). The statement that Red Cross nurses on service in the war zone are taking to cigarette smokin, prac- tically as a necessity, to steady their nerves and palliate the hospital odors, will no doubt create a hurricane of shocked ahs and ohs. But there are other evidences that smokes-for- women, along with other extra-con- ventional doings, are recéiving power- ful impetus from the war. Humorous periodicals are faithful barometers of the social atmosphere which surrounds them. When Life, for example, pictures & woman smok- ing a cigarette there is usually an un- complimentary inference attached to her character and it is hard to imag- ine an :American tobacconist address- ing the plea of hig cigarette advertise- ment to women equally with men. Yet London Punch puts cigarettes into try. Of course, a few belated little fellows are left, but they will be on the wing soon. “The orioles, among the most in- telligent of the birds that frequent this section in the summer, took flight for the sunny south more than two weeks ago. When I saw them go I began laying in an extra supply of coal and wood. “Many persons do not pay enough attention to the bird and animal life around them to realize those creatures know long before we do what to expect in the wav of wea- ther. For instance, if you will no- tice the next cat you meet you will find that her fur already is growing the mouths of 1ts most respectable ladies and the London cigarette boost- er, painting the solace the ocigarette brings to the lovers’' last hours to- gether, portrays the girl smoking the same brand as her soldier sweetheart. ‘Such is one effect of war upon & peo- . ple. it has always been a bit difficult to understand why smoking by women should be considered as involving moral turpitude not attaching to smokers of the other sex. The girls are sweeter without it, bless them! but surely no more eligible to Heaven. Also, no doubt, total abstinence from nicotine 1Is quite as good for their health though, goodness knows, the long and thick, as is the hair of the dogs. This means they are preparing for a cold winter. “And then in the vegetable world, the wild cucumbers are giving us warning summer is past and that the cold will come earlier than usual. The wild cucumbers seldom ripen until the first of October, or even later in ordinary years, but this year they have ripened early, which means, to my way of think- ing, they realize that winter is close at hand and wish to shed their seed before the frost hardens the ground. “Muskrat houses are four feet above the water,” said O. I. “That is the highest I ever saw, and is a sure sign of a bitter winter. In ad- dition, corn husks are thick, an- other sure sign. “Winter will start earlier this year and there will be more snow than a year ago. Along in November it will turn cold and stay cold.” Justice to the Railroads. (Baltimore Sun) It is to be hoped that there is truth in the rumor that the Interstate Coms merce Commission will reopen the rallroad rate question, and it 1s to be hoped that when it does it will con- sider not only the ability of the rail- roads to squeeze out enough profit to pay Increased wages, increased costs of supplies and increased taxation, but also the bigger question of making re- turns on railroad investments suffl- clently large to enable the roads to get the new capital that they require. In the first six months of this year the gross earnings of 490 railroads in this country were $200,000,000 great- er than for the same period of 1916. But the net earnings were $7,000,000 Jess. vear did not become fully effective until August, and business and finan- cial men awaited the August figures with great interest in order to see whether the increases allowed in May would improve the situation. A large number of the August reports are now in, and they show that the rallroads are worse off than ever. With the larg- ost gross business ever reported, net | earnings aro dropping alarmingly. And this occurs at a time when by rea- <on of n pooling of interests the roads are enabled to operate more econom- ically than ever before. Price of News in France. (Christian Science Monitor) The French press has got the bet- ter of its feelings, and is patriotically submitting to the unpopular Govern- ment decree which fixes the price of the five centimes paper at ten cen- times. It may not seem much of an innovatlon, but it is certain that noth- ing so subversive in the history of the press has happened for years. Not since, in fact, the flve centimes press was started, in 1835, by Girardin. Up to then the dally paper was a luxury not indulged in by the laboring classes but now there is not a workman who does not buy his daily paper, and that is the case not only in the big cities but in the smallest villages. It is hardly likely that the sale of papers will go down very much in the towns owling to the rise in price; the eager- ness for news of all the fronts is too great. But in the country things may be different. The French peasant is careful of his money, and he will cer- tainly think of that extra sou. No “Near Beer” For Troopers. (Burlington Free Press) That the world “do move” is shown by the announcement of ‘“no near beer” for the troopers at Camp Dev- ens, at Ayer, Mass., where the Ver- mont soldier boys now Jjoining the ranks are mobilized for training. The fathers of the Civil War would have stood aghast at such an edict. Today, however, even drinkers applaud the action of Major General Hodges In seeking to promote the highest physi- cal development and military efficiency of our soldiers by eliminating from use every element that would debilitate and unnerve and render them unfit for duty to the slightest degree. The only information vouchsafed by the military authorities is that they are determined to prevent soldiers | from having any drink that may inter- fere with the regular army diet. This is in line with the course pursued at Fort Ethan Allen and other military posts regarding hard drinks, and will foon be rightly ognized as a na- »nal policy in the United States. The increased rates granted this mild, beheflcent sedative effect of the weed would be far less harmful to them than even the mildest of the drugs which a large proportion of women figd necessary, in larger or smaller quantities, to cajole their pe- cullar nervous organizations over the rough spots on the road of life. Regardless of all such considera- tions, however, the day is rapildly ap- proaching when women will smoke as freely and as honestly as men. And the war ig probably hastening this day just as it is relaxing many other con- ventions which are infinitely more helpful to the human race. A Williams College Relic. (Boston Evening Transcript.) Through the generosity of Charles P. Greenough, of Boston, acting through Hon. C. B. Hubbell, '74, Wil- liams college has come into possession of perhaps the rarest historical docu- ment which it has ever owned, none other than an original, personal let- ter of Colonel Ephraim Willilams written to a relative, Brigadier Gen- eral Dwight of Stockbridge, but two weeks before he,met his death at the battle of Lake George. This 1is probably the only original correspon- dence of Colonel Willlams now extant and was a part of an extensive col- lection of autographs owned by Mr. Greenough. Because of its peculiar significance to Willilams the owner turned it over to Mr. Hubbell for presentation to the college. The letter is not only valuable be- cause it provides the college Wwith its only signature of its founder, but be- cause it shows that Colonel Williams had a premonition of his death and was well aware of the difficulties which faced him in his ill-fated ex- pedition against Crown Point. Evi- dently he wrote this note while on the portage from the Hudson to Lake George, as he gives his location as the ‘“Great Carrying Place.” The THE McMillan Store (Incorporated.) “Always Reliable.” HOUSEHOLD AND DECORATIVE LINENS Atiractive Prices Here Durlng the special October selling of fine imported Linens, we mention merely a few of the exceptional values which we are offering during this special selling. The foreign Linen markets are in such a depleted con- dition, caused by shortages of raw ma- terials which are being extensively used in munitions, and for other war purposes, shortage of labor in manu- facturing, across continent transporta- tion faculties, and other difficulties, which are conatantly arising, causing a big shortage of linens of all kinds, greater costs ¢f manufacturing, war risk, insurance costs, etc., on all goods coming from foreign countries mean constantly advancing pri€es. We advise now purchasing your immediate needs as well as holiday gift linens as the savings are worth while. e HAND EMBROIDERED LUNCHEON SETS All pure lineh, 18 plece sets, special, $6.50 set. MADEIRA NAPKINS Hand embroidered, all pure linen, special, 59¢c each. —o0— LE HEMSTITCHED SETS Of tabfclbth and napkins to match, priced now, $6.50 to $12.50 set. iy PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS Scalloped and hemstitched, specials at $3.75 to $6.50 each. il o LINEN HUCK AND DAMASK TOWELS Priced today, 50c to $1.25 each. 5 S LINEN TABLE DAMASK Beautiful new patterns, reasonably priced for this quality Damask. We circumstances and significance of this letter are fully set forth in Professor Emeritus Leverett W. Spring’s lately published “History of Willlams col- lege.” gDesplLe the fact that the letter is nearly 175 years old it is remarkably well preserved. It is written in black ink on a single sheet of coarse, yel- lowed, paper, and although the writ- ing is fine and the locutions are of a past ceptury, the words are per- fectly legible and the meaning ob- vious. Treasurer Hoyt is taking care of this gift for the present. The I. W. W. (New York Sun.) The Imperial German government would have put it this way: “We are going to take over the Uhited States some day for three very good reasons—because we need them, because we want them, and because we have the power to get them. Whether we are ethically justified or not is not our concern.” The I. W. W., being engrossed with the preliminaries, merely sald: “We are going to take over the industries (of the United States) some day for three very good reasons —because we need them, because we want them and because we have the power to get them. Whether we are ethically Jjustified or not is not our concern.” The Imperial German government instructed the crews of German ships in American ports to disable their machinery beyond possibility of swift repair. The I. W. W. took up a more extensive task and planned that in a strike of food purveyors “kerosene or other greasy or malodorous matter” be smeared on the ovens, that in a strike in a mineral industry sand or emery powder be poured in the gears of machines, that in a raillway strike the most skilled and experienced workers be ckosen who would know how to wreck railway equipment *by a single stroke.” The Imperial German government violates every known rule of civilized warfare, but it is waging war and it does not disguise the fact. The I. W. ‘W. urges the same doctrines of merciless destruction and wages war by stealth and backstabbing. The Imperial German government has had no better ally, none so un- scrupulous, none 8o venemous, none so close to the American home. From the Chestnut Tree. He—Darling, I'd lie down and die for you. She-—ine, but and work for me? would you get up ask you to call and examine them. Priced $1.00 to $2.95 yard. e SATIN AND OROCHET QUILTS In a large variety. Choose from hemmed, scalloped and fringed kinds. October specials, $1.09 to $6.95 each. — i CRIB QUILTS Two specials, $1.25 and $1.50 each. —0— . Prospective October brides should Ko avail themselves of this opportunity » by purchasing now—you save con- siderably on your linen needs. —0— KHAKI AND GREY WORSTED KNITTING YARN Suitable for knitting soldiers’ sox, - sweaters, helmets, wristlets, eic. While this lot lasts, price 60c skein. When the Train Draws Out. Oh, the peopls of the city, they are: out in grand array, ‘Whtle the flags are proudly flying, and’ the band begins to play; For the city’s sons are going, all the: nation’s foe to rout, And we'll go down to cheer them, tiil the train draws out. There's your youngster in the number, and he waves a boyish hat, (He's the finest one among them, you: are very sure of thatl) Then a whistle, and a stirring, while your heart begins to doubt If it's going to keep on beating, when the train draws out. Now they march across the platform —now they climb aboard the train— They are lost to sight an instant, then they bob in view again, They are hanging from thé windows, while the people crowd about, And you smile—and keep on smiling —till the train draws out. Wave aloft the starry banners!-— Swell the sound of parting cheers! While a nation’s mighty courage forces back a nation’s tears. ol How the boyish eyes are smiling; how & the boyish voices shout! Oh, good-bye—good-bye—God bless you!—Then the train draws out! J. J. B. in the Schenectady Union Star.